∠ 120 × 80 × 8 (ISA 120x80x8)

angle — 12.26 kg per metre, 15.6 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 12 - Supplementary Unequal Leg Angles.

xyB 80A 120t 8R1 11
Mass per metre
12.26kg/m
Sectional area
15.6cm²
Leg A
120mm
Leg B
80mm
Thickness
8mm

Unequal Leg Angles (supplementary). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 12 - Supplementary Unequal Leg Angles.

∠ 120 × 80 × 8 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 12 - Supplementary Unequal Leg Angles. legs 120 × 80 mm, 8 mm thick. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.

Dimensions

Length of leg A A 120 mm
Length of leg B B 80 mm
Thickness of leg t 8 mm
Root radius R1 11 mm
Toe radius R2 0 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 12.26 kg/m
Sectional area A 15.6 cm²

Centroid

Centroid from the back of leg A Cx 38.5 mm
Centroid from the back of leg B Cy 18.9 mm

About x-x

Second moment of area Ixx 230 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rxx 38.4 mm
Elastic section modulus Zxx 28.3 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpx 51 cm³

About y-y

Second moment of area Iyy 83.2 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 23.1 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 13.6 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 24.4 cm³

Principal axes (u-u, v-v)

Second moment of area Iuu 265 cm⁴
Second moment of area Ivv 48.1 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ruu 41.2 mm
Radius of gyration rvv 17.5 mm
Tangent of the principal axis angle tan α 0.41

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 3.27 cm⁴

What a length of ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 at six metres each is 12.26 × 6 × 10 = 736 kg. There is nothing else to it — the standard publishes the mass, so no one needs to compute it from the area.

You can check that mass against the area on this page: 15.6 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 12.25 kg/m. Every row in this dataset was checked that way, which is how the contradictions flagged on some of these pages were found.

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Common questions about ∠ 120 × 80 × 8

What is the weight of ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 a mass of 12.26 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 15.6 cm² agrees: 15.6 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 12.25 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 weigh?

73.56 kg. Mass per metre times length: 12.26 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 736 kg.

Is ∠ 120 × 80 × 8 the same as ISA 120x80x8?

It is the same section under the name IS 808 : 2021 gives it — the 2021 revision of IS 808 dropped the "IS" prefix, so a drawing saying ISA 120x80x8 means this section. Check the edition before assuming the figures match, though: this page publishes the current tables, and a great many tables in circulation were copied from the 1989 edition.

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